I came to the realization today that my boss is a salesman. I feel crushed. I always thought for years my boss genuinely cared about me and he was almost like a father figure to me. But I realized today that he is only about saving his own ass at work and truly does not care about me. When I approach the topic of hiring an extra person to help out because I am overworked and doing the job of three people he said that he would not even considering asking upper management for this. He said he does multiple different jobs even though I do probably double the amount of work he does and that he is managing quite well. I have stayed late, come in early, resended vacation days, and worked sick all because I wanted his approval. He has made me feel guilty I now realize for taking sick days saying can’t you work sick or can’t you come in or I never take a sick day and I am way older than you are. So when I want to call in sick I think about these things and I end up not calling in sick and now I feel stupid for all of my wasted time and energy. Bosses do not care and they only care about saving themselves and they only care about themselves. He is a salesman and he sold me on the promise that if I work hard I can get promoted and now I realize this is all a lie. I am done not taking my vacation days and I’m done wasting my energy on a job that does not care about me.